NEWS

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More 200 homesteads in Butiaba sub-county in Buliisa district have been submerged due to the rising water levels in Lake Albert. The homes were submerged on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The most affected people are from the landing sites of Butiaba, Tugombilli, Kigungu Serule, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The reduction of crime in the country by 28 percent has been attributed to the installation of CCTV cameras and intelligence operations. The assessment and analysis since 2015 was conducted by then research director Edward Ochom and Chief Political Commissar Asan Kasingye. Although police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda road magistrates court has allowed 37 Chinese Nationals to enter into a plea bargaining session with the state. The Chinese are facing charges of conducting business in Uganda without trading licences and unlawful possession of wildlife. The accused persons through their lawyers led by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | COVID-19 patients admitted at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital have rose up in protest against the poor living conditions in the isolation unit. On Wednesday morning, the male patients caused a stampede in the mental ward which is currently serving as an isolation and treatment center …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of parents have petitioned the ministry of education and sports over certain schools that have consistently requested illegal school fees to conduct online lessons during this period when schools remain closed. In a petition written through Simon Tendo Kabenge Advocates, the angered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Makerere University Vice Chancellor and 2016 Presidential Candidate, Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba has been arrested over knocking a woman dead. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, said Prof Baryamureeba is being detained at Kabalagala police station. Owoyesigyire added that Prof. Baryamureeba was driving …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service has secured items worth 1.2 billion Shillings to boost its COVID-19 response thanks to a donation from the United Nations Office of Crime and Drugs, the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Frank Baine, the spokesperson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More girls are enrolling for primary education compared to boys. This is according to the United Nation Population Fund’s State of the World population report. The report indicates that more than six percent of the adjusted net enrollment of boys in primary education between 2009 …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masindi police are investigating circumstances under which a casual laborer was killed at the residence of Buruli County Member of Parliament, Zerubabel Nyiira Mijumbi. 32-year-old John Mbabazi was hacked to death by unknown assailants at Mijumbi’s home in Kinuba village in Bigando parish in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rtd. Maj. Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntu has sailed through unopposed as the first presidential candidate for the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party. He was nominated at a function held at the ANT party secretariat along Buganda road in Kampala under the supervision of the …